Wearables, gamification improve exercise results
While using a wearable device alone may not always be enough to motivate more exercise, adding fun and competition can be the catalyst needed to drive real results.
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Digital phenotyping helps to treat mental illness
Research shows that digital phenotyping can provide valuable information to mental health professionals about mental illness symptom severity and relapse.
An AI companion for lonely seniors
Scientists are creating chatbots thet can express and respond to emotion during a conversation—including AI companions that could help relieve loneliness for seniors.
Digital games may beat mindfulness apps at relieving stress
Digital games, typical of those on smartphones, may relieve stress more effectively than mindfulness apps, a new study shows.
‘Prescribed’ app offers hope to young people who self-harm
New research suggests that the 'BlueIce' app developed at University of Bath could have a significant impact in reducing self-harm in young people.
Digital twins could aid personalized therapy
Advanced computer models of diseases can be used to improve diagnosis and treatment. The goal is to develop the models to “digital twins” of individual patients.
About the usefulness of fertility apps
Analysing fertility awareness apps, researchers have been able to track behavior patterns and accuracy in measuring menstrual health and ovulation.
Digital twin for personalized therapies
Virtual doppelgangers could one day revolutionize medicine: Researchers are developing a digital twin, which should facilitate the development of personalized therapies.
Game app provides knowledge of person-centred care
The PCC Game app being launched offers a virtual journey for greater knowledge and with tricky questions along the way.
AI detects rare diseases
With artificial intelligence to a diagnosis of rare hereditary diseases: The neural network combines data from portrait images with gene and patient data.
App can help diagnose Huntington’s disease
Researchers have created a mobile application, which helps recognise early symptoms of a rare Huntington's disease.
Smartphone AI detects diabetic retinopathy
Pairing a smartphone to capture retinal images with an AI may offer a solution for better screening for diabetic retinopathy.
Using virtual populations to create safer medical devices
The current innovation process for medical technologies risks stifling the development of new devices, a leading researcher has argued.
Sea Hero Quest can detect Alzheimer’s risk
Researchers studied gaming data from the mobile game and found out that it can detect people at risk of Alzheimer’s.
Smart wristband alerts about dangerous health conditions
Researchers are developing a smart wrist-worn device for monitoring of atrial fibrillation – a condition, which if left untreated can lead to serious health complications and even death.
This smartphone app simultaneously treats and tracks autism
Researchers are working on a smartphone app that could help diagnose autism in minutes – and provide ongoing therapy as well, all with fewer visits to specialized clinics.
Virtual support by “human” avatars buffers stress response
Stress management: virtual support by "human" avatars works just as well as face-to-face support, a new study shows.
Sensors improve recovery for people with incomplete paraplegia
A biofeedback device that is wearable and connects to novel smartphone games may offer people with incomplete paraplegia a more self-controllable therapy to enhance their recovery.
Are humans too slow for digitalisation?
Today, drones are happily regarded as the pinnacle of digitalisation in healthcare. However, for Dr Dominik Pförringer, “Drones are not even in the top 100 of my wish list for digital solutions."
Digital attack on cancer
Several research groups at the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) are working on digitally combating cancer, comparing experiences with different diagnostic and treatment methods.
About the end of medicine, as we know it
Our health system today can no longer be sustained in its existing form. It has become too expensive and too ineffective.
‘Second Chance’ app detects opioid overdose and its precursors
Researchers have developed an app that uses sonar to monitor someone's breathing rate and sense when an opioid overdose has occurred.
RFID: Tiny digital ‘tags’ improve eye care
Radio-frequency identification (or RFID), the popular type of data collection, is helping Kellogg providers make visits more meaningful for patients and reduce wait times.
Children with autism: Video game-based “digital medicine” could help
Researchers evaluated a digital medicine tool designed as an investigational treatment for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and co-occurring ADHD.
From TechGiants to HealthTechGiants?
Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft are all building technologies that have the potential to transform the delivery of care. Here are some examples of BigTech's road into healthcare.
Video games that improve kids’ social skills
Imagine racing through a virtual labyrinth against an alien and losing. Given the chance to rerun the race – which you don’t know is stacked against you – or quit, how many times would you try again?
jumpBALL – Computer game to help prevent thrombosis
The computer game “jumpBALL” could help to prevent thrombosis, help during rehabilitation after a stroke or hip or knee surgery. It is played with your feet.
Humanising wearable health technologies
Designer Leah Heiss considers her work as creating “emotional technologies”, i.e. wearable devices based on human-centred design principles. For her, empathy is everything!
Digital cadavers transform medical education
Seemingly out of science fiction, the virtual dissection table brings the future of gross anatomy and clinical science education to real life.